Colombia — Portugal

Zero ebhodini. Zero amagoli. Kodwa-ke, ngabe kukhona ohluliwe kulo mdlalo? Nansi into exakayo ezohlala ihambisana nalo mphumela: i-Colombia yakha i-xG engu-1.63 uma iqhathaniswa ne-0.69 ye-Portugal. Ama-Los Cafeteros alawula ibhola – 55%, enza imizamo engu-24, akha amathuba amakhulu amabili futhi akazange awasebenzise neyodwa. Isikolo sikhombisa ukulingana. Izinombolo zithi i-Colombia yalahlekelwa yithuba lokunqoba ngokwayo. UJames Rodríguez usebenze njengomhleli oyinhloko wokuhlasela – indima ejwayelekile, isitayela esijwayelekile. Isilinganiso esingu-7.83, esihamba phambili eqenjini. Wadonsa izintambo, washintsha ijubane, wenza lokho akwenzela leli qembu isikhathi eside. Kodwa ingxenye yokugcina yahluleka kaningi: imizamo eyisithupha esangweni kwengu-24 – lokhu kuyimpumelelo embi kakhulu lapho ungaphezu komphikisi enkundleni. Ukushintshwa kukaJhon Córdoba noJefferson Lerma ngomzuzu wama-60 kwakhombisa: abaqeqeshi babona inkinga. Isixazululo safika sekwephuze kakhulu. I-Portugal isikhathi esiningi somdlalo ibingeyesibili. Imizamo eyishumi nantathu, emibili esangweni, i-xG engu-0.69 – iqembu belisinda, hhayi ukubusa. Ukushintshwa kabili ngesikhathi sekhefu – uJoão Cancelo noRúben Neves banikeza izindawo kuDiogo Dalot noJoão Neves – kwenza indawo ephakathi nenkundla yaqina, kodwa ukuhlasela akuzange kusebenze. UJoão Félix noVitinha baphuma ngomzuzu wama-70, bengazange bathole izixazululo. Phakathi kokuhlulwa nokulingana kwakukhona umuntu oyedwa: uDiogo Costa. Ukusindisa okuyisithupha, isilinganiso esingu-8.11. Ngaphandle kwakhe, isikolo besizofundeka ngendlela ehlukile. Ngomzuzu wama-31 i-VAR ihlole isigameko esiphathelene noDavinson Sánchez – imininingwane ayikavezwa, kodwa isigameko sithinte i-Colombia. Abalandeli bazophikisana isikhathi eside ngalesi sigameko e-Miami. I-Portugal ihamba nesikolo esingenamagoli, i-xG engasifanele. I-Colombia ihamba nokubusa, okungafuni ukukwamukela ebhodini. Ku-FootLegion amagoli ezwe lakho agcinwa phakade – ngokungafani nalobu busuku, lapho ingcindezi ye-Colombia ingashiyanga mkhondo. Ngitshele: ingabe i-Portugal ingadlulela phambili ngeDiogo Costa kuphela kanye nokuvikela okuhlelekile? Futhi ingabe i-Colombia izozithethelela amathuba amakhulu amabili alahlekile, uma umdlalo wokugcina uzonqunywa ngendlela encane?